The Latest: 49ers aim to join 5 other teams at 3-0

The Latest: 49ers aim to join 5 other teams at 3-0

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The Latest on Week 3 in the NFL (all times EDT):

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8:10 p.m.

The San Francisco 49ers are hoping to join five other teams at 3-0 as Week 3 of the NFL season winds down.

The Niners are hosting Green Bay in the Sunday night game.

Earlier Sunday, Arizona, Denver, Los Angeles and Las Vegas all won for the third time this season, joining Carolina, which improved to 3-0 on Thursday night.

The Rams won a marquee matchup at home, defeating defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay 34-24. The Cardinals beat the Jaguars 31-19, the Broncos shut out the Jets 26-0 and the Raiders pulled out a 31-28 victory over Miami in overtime.

Week 3 concludes on Monday night when Dallas hosts Philadelphia.

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7:50 p.m.

The Las Vegas Raiders have won their second overtime game in three weeks to improve to 3-0, the first time the franchise has begun a season that well since 2002.

Daniel Carlson, who had missed what turned out to be a significant extra point in regulation, kicked two field goals in overtime to help secure the 31-28 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Las Vegas.

Carlson's first field goal came from 38 yards to give the Raiders a 28-25 lead over Miami to cap the first possession of the extra period.

Miami had one possession to try to tie or win the game, and the Dolphins survived a fourth-and-20 situation when QB Jacoby Brissett found tight end Mike Gesicki for 27 yards. That set up a tying 50-yard field goal by Miami's Jason Sanders with 2:49 left.

But QB Derek Carr needed less than a minute to drive the Raiders back to field goal range with a series highlighted by a 34-yard pass to Bryan Edwards. Carlson then kicked the game-winner from 22 yards.

In 2002, the then-Oakland Raiders parlayed a 3-0 start into a trip to the Super Bowl...

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